MELA Social Justice Lecture Series: “Stories and Silences: Research on Race in the Middle East”

The Social Justice Committee of the Middle East Librarians Association is thrilled to announce our new lecture series. We will host academic experts to share their current research on social justice-related topics in the Middle East and its diasporas. The lecture series aims to increase awareness of social justice principles in our professional practice and to also bring attention to how libraries and archives are supporting, or failing to support, this crucial research.

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The inaugural season will run for the 2020-2021 academic year, starting in September 2020, and will host researchers working on race and racism in the Middle East, broadly defined, and/or its diasporas. Our first speakers will be Zavier WinghamLanisa KitchinerRachel SchineBeeta Baghoolizadeh, and Tiffany Bradley. These speakers will address topics such as conceptions of race in the Ottoman Empire, African travel in medieval Arabic popular literature, and how translations/mistranslations can lead to archival erasures of slavery. More details will be announced very soon on MELA’s blog.

Lectures will be hosted by the American Library Association on Zoom, and recorded lectures will be accessible via MELA pages and other online platforms at the discretion of the speakers. The lectures will mostly take place on the third or fourth Thursday of the month at 12:00p.m. noon (EST) to allow for participants from all over the globe. Lectures will last approximately one hour (45 minute lectures with 15 minutes for Q&A).

GoFundMe Campaign has been established to provide funding for honorariums to thank our guest speakers for offering their precious time. Your generous support and participation are welcomed.

Confirmed Speakers (more information coming soon!):

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